Radiator hanger



gmenfoz Jmeo'fi 77eaZ 51 DE WITT c. RUFF, 213., ET AL RADIATOR HANGER Qriginal Filed Feb. 21. 1924 April 17, 1928.

Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

sr. PAUL, AND JAMES H. HEALY, or MATHOMEDI, mm NEa HEALY, JAMES H. HEALY; AND DANIEL w. MINNESOTA. v I

DE wI'r'r o. RUFF, 2D, or

SOTA, ASSIGNOBS TO JOHN A. EIGKEY, ALL or ST. PAUL,

Application filed February 21, 1924, Serial No.

This invention-relates to impro radiator hangers, and particularly to heads for such hangers, adapted to be secured to a- RADIATOR, HANGER.

vements in wall for supporting a radiator thereon.

It is our object t at a reduced cost a facilitate the work providing a'support w ally easy and quick adjustm 0 produce such hangers nd at the same time to f hanging radiators by hich permits unusuents and fastenings for radiators of differing shapes and sizes.

A. further object 0 provide a head for a ra ed to be mounted eitheror to be spaced. a away from the wall.

predetermine Another object is to provide a tachment' adapted to be quickly secured to the head proper awall. The radiator of cast iron,

are made to offdesigned to be made ofstrap met sultant lightness, stre in packing and shipping. Our also includes certain novel features of construction which wi fully pointed out and claimed. 7

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the best form of ourto us Figure ofour improve Fig. 2 is a s1 mounted on a lis of the radiator being indicated lines; Fig. rate from tion of the head; F head off-set; Fig. the same; and Fig.

bare olf-set.

3 is a plan view of the the off-set; Fig.4 is a front elevaig. 5 is .a plan View of the I 6 is a front elevation of 7 is a plan view of the f our invention is to diator hanger adaptdirectly upon a wall (1 distance simple at and easily set it from hangers in commonuse while our device is al with re- I ngth and compactness invention ll be hereinafter more device at present known a detail perspective View d head for a radiator hanger, de elevation of the hanger wall, the off-set being shown and the position in dotted head sepa- Our improved hanger head is preferably made of sheet metal, and vertical back 10 forrne 11 and atop flange12 against which the col s 1 of a radiator 13,are held. head has a square aper has a normally dwith a base flan e The back 10 of-the ture 14 adapted to receive the'nut .on an anchor bolt 15, and a slot 16 extending upwar 14 is arranged to engage d from the aperture the anchor bolt bep hind its-nut. Vertical slots, 17, formed in the back 10 on o posite sides of thea are arrange tOIGCBlVB flanges of an off-set 19 p tl r .18 on the Enl . be held in any fpair of a series offOrme'd on the r fingers 37 extend upward from the flange 12 694,249. Renewed November is, 1925,

the slots 17 permit insertion of the flanges 18, which after being inserted therethrough, are free to pass into the narrow portions of the slots 17 where said flanges securely engage the back 10 of the hanger head. The off-set 19 is substantially rectangular, having forwardly projecting flanges 21, disposed to bear upon the head, and a panel 22 adapted to be placed against the wall. This panel 22 of the off-set is formed with an aperture 23 and vertical slot, like the aperture 14 and slot 16 in the head proper, arranged to receive the anchor lower portions of TES PATENTUOFFICEJ.

bolt 15. To prevent the head from tilting on p i the wall, a triangular tooth 24 is formed on the off-set 19, and a similar tooth 25 is formed on the back 10 of the head proper.

adapted toengage the wall 32 above the base board 33. 1

To hold the radiator 13 against the flanges 11 and 12, a bolt 34 is secured at one end in the hanger headas hereinafter described and is provided at its other. end with a disc 35 adapted to be inserted between the radiator coils, and to engage them after "insertion. A nut 36 threaded on the bolt 34 is adapted to fingers 37 out oftheflange 12. These and thn back toward the wall soas to .engage the nut 36 to prevent it from coming outat the top or turning. The fingers 37 are formed by slots 38 just wide enough toreceive the shank of thebolt 34. i

Obviously, at least a pair of our radiator hangers must be usedflto mount a radiator on a wall, but the operation of our device will be clear from the following description referring to a single hanger. The head roper of our device can, be used either with or withoutthe oflf-set 19. Whereit is desirable or necessary to mount a radiator close to the wall, the off-sets 19 an 31 are iiot used, the'back 10 at the; ting placed upon the wall. To mount a radiator close to the wall, the anchor bolt 15 being already embedded, the hanger head is placed upon said bolt by inserting the not on said bolt through the aperture 11- and then sliding the 34 and retaining disc 35 between the coils,

the threaded end of said bolt is dropped into one of the slots 38 with the nut 36 into place. The nut 36 is held against turning by the fingers 37 and the upper end of the radiator ,may be drawn snugly against the hanger head by turning the bolt 34- in the nut 36.

For convenience in turning'the bolt 34, its head is formed with a kerf adapted to be en gaged by a screw driver inserted between the radiator coils.

Tospace the radiator a greater distance 'from the wall, as is frequently necessary, the off-sets 19 and Ell-are employed. To secure the offset 19 to the head, before the head is secured to the anchor bolt 15, the lugs 18 are inserted through the slots 20, when the head is moved down on the oil-set until said lugs engage the margins 01" the slots 17. The oil-set carrving the head is now hung upon the anchor bolt 15, the nut on the anchor bolt being inserted through the aperture 23 and the tooth 24 being embedded in the Wall to prevent tilting. The oil-set 31 is then placed on the rod 27 by inserting said rod through the sleeve 31. The radiator is finally suspended from the flange 11 and secured at its upper end as described above. As will. be readily understood, the weight of the radiator and hanger maintain-s the'lugs 18 within the restricted upper ends of the slots 17.

- Our hanger has the advantage of making it unnecessary to exactly place the anchor bolt 15 in a predetermined position on the wall. The height of the bracket 13 can be adjusted by turning the nut 28 the proper distance on the rod 27and lateral adjustment'is permitted by the horizontal slot 26, through which the rod 27 passes, and by the several. slots 38 into anyone of which the bolt 34 may be dropped. It is unnecessary after the radiator is in place to manipulate the nuts on the bolts 15 or 34 or on the rod 27. Further, the bracket presents an unusually neat appearance by reason of the concealment of the anchor bolt'and nut and bracket supporting nut 28 beneath the flanges 21 and 12. By providing a singlehead proper adapted either to be mounted directly on the wall or to be off-set therefrom, the cost of the hanger is reduced.

tached to support said head upon a wall at a predetermined distance therefrom. Y

2. A radiator hanger comprising, a head formed with a flat back adapted to be hung upon a wall, a forwardly projecting flange on said head, a bracket for a radiator arranged to be suspended Li I'OID SRlClilAHgB,

and an off-set adapted tobe removably attached to the back of said head and formed with an aperture disposed to receive an anchor bolt for securing the same to the wall, whereby said head may besupportedupon a wall at a predetermined distance therefrom. 1 v 3; A radiator hanger comprisin a head formed with a flat back adapted to be hung upon a wall, a forwardly projecting flange on said head, a bracket for a radiator arranged to be suspended from said flange, and a rectangular oil-set formed witha normally vertical panel, top and side flanges disposed to bear upon the back of said head, and lugs formed on'said side flanges to detachably engage said head and for selectively securing said vertical panel and the back of said head to a wall. 7 r

4. A radiator hanger comprising a back panel and forwardly projecting top and bottom flange-s, an upwardly bent portion on said top flange, a bracket adaptedto support a radiator suspended from said bottom flange, said top flange having a multiplicity of slots extendin downward :lroiuthe upper edge of saidupturned portion and said slots forming a plurality of pairs ottingcrs,

adapted to selectively receive a bolt between them and means for maintaining a radiator in upright position on said bracket, consist- .ing of a normally horizontal bolt having means for engaging the radiatorcoils on one end, the other end of said bolt being adapted to be selectively inserted in any of said slots and a nut on said last mentioned end of said bolt, adapted to be removably held by said fingers, whereby the position of said bolt may be adjusted relative to said head to register with an opening between vertical members of a radiator. 5. In a radiator hanger, asupporting member, means to space the radiator from a wall carried by said'supporting member, a

substantially vertical member carried byill) said supporting member and adapted to abut against the radiator, said substantially vertical member being formed with a multiplicity of slots extending frointhe free edge thereof and forming pairs of fingers adapted to selectively receive a bolt between them, means for supporting the weight of the radiator from said spacing means only, and means for maintaining a radiator in upright position on said support comprising a substantially horizontal bolt provided with a member adapted to engage the coils ofa radiator upon its outer end, the inner end of said bolt being adapted to be selectively inserted in anyrof said slots, and means on the inner end of said bolt adapted to engage said fingers, said slots said bolt with said fingerengagingmeans in lace thereon, whereby the position of said bolt may be adjusted relative to said head to register with an opening between vertical members of a radiator.

6. A radiator hanger comprising a head formed with the back adapted to be hung upon a. wall, means for suspending a radiator from said head and an offset adapted to be removably attached to the back of said head and arranged when so attached to support said head upon a wall at a predetermined distance therefrom.

7. A radiator hanger comprising a head formed with the back adapted'to be hung upon a wall, means for suspending a radiator from said head, an offset adapted, to be removably attached to the back of said head and forwardly projecting flanges on said oflset adapted to engage said head and maintain the same at a predetermined distance from a supporting wall.

8. The combination with a substantially horizontal anchor bolt of a sheet metal head adapted to support a radiator, a back panel on said head having a forwardly projecting flange disposed to bear against the coils of a radiator, said back panel being formed with substantially vertical slots restricted toward the upper ends, and an off-set provided with lugs formed to be inserted in said slots to bination supporting means,

'to receive a bolt,

being arranged to receive engage said head, said ofl-set being adapted to be supported on'said bolt to maintain said head in spaced relationwith the wall.

9. A radiator support comprising in coma horizontally projecting member carried by said supporting means, means for supporting a radiator wholly from said horizontally. projecting member, a second member carried by said first mentioned support-ing means and provicled with a plurality of openings adapted a bolt for securing a radiator-to said second member adapted to be inserted between sections of the radiator and engaging means on an end of said bolt adapted to be selectively engaged with said I second member adjacent to any of said open-,

ings which is nearest alignment with the space between radiator sections, said openings being formed said engaging means thereon.

10. A sheet metal wall bracket for the to receive said bolt with purpose set forth, having a vertically dis- I posed wall-engaging portion, a horizontally disposed radiator hanger supporting por-' tion longitudinally slotted for receiving and permitting adjustment of a hanger supporting element, and an'outer vertical portion substantially parallel with the wall-engag and slot, bent inwardly at its uping portion per end and having. a row oflongtudinally arranged vertically disposed upwardly opening slots therein, extending to a point below the bend line. 7

11. A sheet metal device for the purpose set forth, having an inner verticall disposed attaching-portion, ahorizontal y disposed hanger engaging portion, longitudinally slotted, an outer vertical flange portion bent inwardly at its upper edge and having a series'of vertically disposed upwardly. opening tie-rod-receiving slots, extending below thebend line. i

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto signed our names to this specification;

DE WITT o. RUFF, 21). JAMES H. HEALY. 

